neo, I know you love to shit on current WWE, but you need to see the Punk-Taker match somehow.

Thanks, I was planning on seeking it out. There are several guys in WWE that I enjoy but I can't abide trudging through the hours of sludge that they spew out every week in the hopes that maybe, just maybe, I'll find a few minutes worth of a golden nugget. It's not so much that I love to belittle WWE but when I see so many people continuing to scoop up what is a definitively inferior product I can't not occasionally speak out. Also, before anyone tries to throw out a TNA and/or ROH fanboy claim, saying it is a "definitively inferior product" can just as easily be applied when comparing it to WWE's own past as it can to other promotions.

I just do not understand it. Cena is pretty much this generations Hogan. Even Hogan knew his act was getting stale, predictable, and that people were growing tired of it. Cena knows this as well as he has joked about it numerous times. The BIGGEST revitalization of Hogans career was his heel turn and it paid dividends. People that had grown tired of his crappy hero persona became fans, and even those who loved his hero persona were closet fans of the bad Hogan.

Why can't anyone realize this is what NEEDS to be done with Cena at this point and time? A love fest between Rock and him is not going to make people root for him and like him. I know it would be hard as hell to do all this make a wish stuff with him as a heel, but seriously...

I already posted this story before in an older CAG wrestling thread, but I'll post it again.

Went to a Raw/SD supershow about 2 years ago. There was this lady and her 2 kids (decked entirely in Cena gear, the headbands, wristbands, shirts, etc) sitting in front of us. About 45 min into the show and Cena comes out for his match and wins. The mom and her kids immediately get up afterwards and starts leaving. Me and my friends tell her theres still an hour left plus another show right after but she said its alright cause her kids just wanted to see Cena...

And thats why Cena will certainly never turn heel. We as fans keep hanging onto the hope that he will eventually turn but WWE is too afraid of losing their cash cow & media darling.

That's a good summation. WWE doesn't give a crap about storylines as long as merchandise sales and the other various revenue streams keep going strong. They're a publicly traded company and anything that doesn't show immediate and consistent profit is shown the door. If your primary interest in this business is as a wrestling fan then WWE just isn't where you want to be right now.

-Place was packed, people basically parked watching WM and not buying anything else. Servers were pissed, and there were tons of people waiting for tables that weren't going to open. Lucked out and grabbed a spot at the far bar, basically in the kitchen.

-Got there late, basically in time to just see the three big matches. Punk/Taker by far had the most people enthralled.

-The crowd was a good illustration of that the IWC forgets...most everyone wearing either Rock or Cena gear, some with plastic championship belts. One person was wearing a Daniel Bryan shirt.

-Then there was me with my Ziggler shirt. #Heel

-Also on that note, no one even noticed that Rhodes Scholars match was cut. I did.

-Either way, RAW should be fucking amazing tomorrow. I would fucking hope and pray so.

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KaneRobot
The Profit$ of Doom
CAGiversary! 10469 Posts Joined 14.3 Years Ago

Please tell me I wasnt the only one who was hoping Cena would rush into the ring and beat up the Rock after the match.

They've been doing a decent job of messing with people a bit regarding a Cena turn. The promo last week, and the (admittedly mild) expectation that he was going to smack Rocky with the belt after he turned around. Still don't think it'll happen for a long time, but at least this isn't flat-out annoying like the Nexus storyline where everything was perfectly set up for him to turn, and they didn't do it.

Not a great show. The Undertaker thing is starting to become a real problem since they rarely put him on last...the crowd is always out of gas after whatever match he's in. That was a fairly fun match but didn't get the same reaction where I was that the matches the last few years did (ie even the non-fans watching with me were yelling at every near-fall by the end).

HHH-Lesnar was quite literally where nearly half the people passed out on the couches. Alcohol probably had something to do with that, but good god was that long.

Rock-Cena just seemed sloppy. The final few minutes put an Undertaker match to shame with all the finishes/teased finishes. Nice touch with doing the ending sequence from last year, having Cena counter it, and then having Rock kick out. Thought for sure that was going to be the end.

Don't know if they were trying to make a point about how "serious" that match was or what, but when Cena came out with no big presentation, and then The Rock did the same, I assumed that they were just short on time (even with cutting the mixed tag match).

Orton and Sheamus being total afterthoughts on the card (not to mention losing) makes me happy.

EDIT - I saw on the Observer site that "It's very cold and that's hurting crowd reactions a lot" as well as "Based on e-mails from people in the arena, the explanation for the weak crowd reactions is so many of the seats had obstructed views." So...there's that.

Wrestlemania was about a 5/10 to me. The main event was just awful, I absolutely hate reversal/finisher fests and that was one of the worst I've ever seen. I mean I know it's Wrestlemania but holy lord was that awful. So many talented midcarders got the shaft AGAIN and couldn't even get on the card.....or even the fucking preshow. People like Cesaro and Rhodes not even being allowed 5 seconds of camera time makes me want to puke.

Punk/Taker was one of the only highlights of the night for me. Not Taker's best Wrestlemania match but it was still up there pretty high. If Punk does take time off now this current weekly product will be unwatchable trash (it was barely watchable with him). I will also say the opening match was pretty good, I'm surprised they haven't "Cesaro'd" the Shield yet, nice to see them still come off strong.

In closing, thank God I decided to obtain the show for free and just watch Game of Thrones and Mad Men instead.

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JJSP
Not Broke, Just Bent
CAGiversary! 10011 Posts Joined 11.4 Years Ago

If rumors are to be believed, Rock is a no-show at Raw tonight. He's believed to have flown home immediately after the show last night despite being booked for a major angle to set up next year's Wrestlemania.

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